MALNUTRITION in Bangladesh???

According to a survey released WFP, UNICEF and the Institute of Public Health Nutrition (IPHN), one in four households in Bangladesh is food insecure while two million children aged six months to five years are affected by acute malnutrition! Out of those two million malnourished children, half a million are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, a highly vulnerable condition where the child needs appropriate management and treatment. Given that the nationwide survey was carried out during a harvest season, the malnutrition levels are expected to be even higher during periods of food scarcity.
Poor infant and young child feeding practices are major factors for the nutritional situation. According to the assessment, only about one-half of mothers exclusively breastfeed children under six months and though most mothers (89%) continue to breastfeed their children to the recommended age of two years, complementary foods are introduced inappropriately and with insufficient dietary diversity.
Although Bangladesh has already set up effective social safety net interventions, the study suggests they should be expanded and better targeted towards areas where malnutrition and household food insecurity are most prevalent. Food assistance interventions, food security and nutritional programmes should emphasize micronutrient-enriched foods and improved diet diversity.
However, from my point of view there is no need of framing such policies if they are not being followed properly. I request everyone, especially the government to see to it that the malnutrition-situation in our country improves. Only then by 2050 we will be able to see a nation where the people will not die due to shortage of proper food or water.